Construction

 You are invited to participate in the 34th Annual SIUE Construction Alumni Society Golf Tournament.  Proceeds from this tournament support the needs of the Construction Management degree students at SIUE.

Your participation in this fundraising tournament will also help support the Department of Construction high-impact learning opportunities such as participation in construction management competitions.

The tournament will be held on June 3 at The Orchards in Bellevil...

History of Concrete -  How it Started

Presented by Luke M. Snell, P.E.
Honorary Member - ACI, Emeritus Professor of Construction,  SIUE

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 12:00 pm

 Concrete is the second most used material in the world only exceeded by water. It is also one of our oldest construction materials starting  over  thousands of years ago.  It continues to evolve and allows us to make the tallest buildings, bridges and roadways

So how did our ancestors find out...

Cristian Rodrigo Tolava Torrico a graduate student of the Master program in Civil Engineering was honored by the Concrete Council of St. Louis and the ACI Missouri Chapter at the “Quality Concrete Awards Dinner.” For his outstanding Research Project in the development of a new type of concrete. The Dinner was held at the Missouri Athletic Club, on November 18, 2021.

The Concrete Council of St. Louis hosts an annual golf tournament, which is sponsored by Fenix Construction Company, t...

The Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Great Lakes Region held their conference Oct. 14-17 in Downers Grove, Illinois.  The SIUE School of Engineering Department of Construction had two teams participating in the heavy civil and commercial categories of the competition.

The heavy civil team was comprised of Daniel Guajardo, of Oak Forest; Dalton Ratliff, of Athens; Landon Wargel, of Clinton; Maxwell Goodman, of Gurnee; and Nathan Ferber, of Saint Charles, Mo. The commercial team...

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites Student Competition was held on 27 October at the Fall ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition in Cincinnati, Ohio.  While competing against 40 other universities, the Luke Snell SIUE ACI Student Chapter team placed second in the Structure Type 1 category.

Students involved in this competition include: Dalton Brookshire, of Nokomis; David Rall, of Belleville; Paityn Jansen, of Breese; Martin Witges, of Columbi...

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Department of Construction is an award-winning program with a strong reputation for producing successful graduates prepared to shape an evolving industry with indelible global impact.

In 1979, the firm foundation of the program was set in stone, rather placed in concrete, by world-renowned concrete expert Luke Snell, PE, professor emeritus and founding chair of the SOE Department of Construction.

Snell has a stor...

Yelana Moton, Construction Management Senior, has been selected to be the representative student speaker at the Fall 2018 graduation ceremony. Moton is a natural leader who has been highly active in student organizations throughout her academic journey. She was president of the SIUE Chapter of the American Concrete Institute, a member of the Constructor’s Club and vice president of the service-based organization Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Yelana Moton’s final steps toward completing her bachelor’s in construction management have been aided by a $2,000 scholarship from the Concrete Council of St. Louis. The Concrete Council presented the award to Moton at the Annual Concrete Council | American Steel Fabrication Quality Concrete Awards Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.

Ten SIUE Construction Management students participated in the Associated Schools of Construction Great Lakes Region 3 annual student competition and conference 17-20 October 2018 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois. Competition categories include Commercial, Design/Build, Heavy Civil, Pre-construction, Project Solutions, Electrical, and Concrete Solutions. This year SIUE teams participated in the Pre-construction and Project Solutions competitions.

The Missouri ACI chapter conducted their annual concrete cube competition in October 2018. Six teams from four different schools competed (University of Missouri Kansas City, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, University of Missouri Columbia and Missouri Science and Technology). This competition required that the students make three concrete cubes to achieve 8000 psi. The emphasis was to make a consistent concrete that meets a specification - not to achieve a high strength. The student t...

The American Concrete Institute has named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) with the ACI Award for University Student Activities.

The award uses a points system based on participation in concrete related activities and programs to reward academic institutions. Universities that have earned 12 or more points are recognized as Excellent and those with six to eleven points achieve Outstanding status.

Points can be earned for the number of students with ACI membership, participation...

ACI Illinois Chapter hosted the Fiber Reinforced Concrete Bowling Ball at their certification training center in Elmhurst, IL on February 9, 2019.

The objective of the concrete competition is to demonstrate the benefits of fiber use in concrete, to facilitate interaction between industry professionals and student members, and to enable students to earn money towards competing at the ACI Competition held in Quebec City, QC, Canada on March 25, 2019.

University teams in the competition inclu...